http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Good job hijacking someone else's unrelated comment to get yours at the top!

But while I'm here, I guess I'll comment too:
The E71 is giving me a boner.]]>Jun 16th 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
Russ you do make good points about unlocked being more than the average US customer needs. For your consideration I suggest you consider the advantages associated with manufacturer's firmware in an unbranded handset in comparison to what the carriers offer

Simon]]>Jun 16th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
Inside the US, of course, the $200-300 iPhone 3G will forever be a comparison. But there's certain advantages to a unlocked phone - no need to sign a contract, and guarantee that it will work internationally with other SIM cards. ]]>Jun 16th 2008 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
Since like most Americans, I do not travel overseas regularly and we have very limited options, I'm more than happy to pay significantly less for a subsidized phone. I'll probably be dropping $299 for a shiny new black 16gb 3G iPhone sometime later this summer. ]]>Jun 16th 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
@happy_penguin

oicwutudidthar!1!]]>Jun 16th 2008 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
This phone is stunning. Hope Nokia get their heads out of their backsides and allow it to be subsidised in the US.]]>Jun 16th 2008 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Is that Nokia's fault, or AT&T/T-Mobile's fault?
]]>Jun 16th 2008 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/*SWOON* YES BABY YES!!!

I love my easter-nokia.
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I have an E61, nice hardware, good spec BUT clunky S60 interface. The problem for Nokia is that the iPhone has changed the game - the quality of the software and UI interaction is key - the iPhone is great at this - S60 isn't.

Nokia are still trying to win by designing great hardware (which they do well), but that's exactly what Sony did to compete against the iPod.

Nokia has struggled for year to get good quality developers on the S60 platform. Did you read about the recent worldwide S60 developers conference? - probably not, it was a small and un-eventful gathering (although with some dedicated developers). Nokia lack a consistent platform to develop on, even S60v3 isn't the same on every phone.

In the enterprise/smartphone space, the game has changed, can Nokia?]]>Jun 16th 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
Owning an E65, I realize how good and extremely functional it is, but the iPhone UI (and not the browser that doesn't download, not the no copy/paste, not that stuff), the UI has really changed the game.

And that's what directed my attention to other phones like the HTC Dream running Android (as smooth as the iPhone without the limitations) for my upcoming phone upgrade.]]>Jun 16th 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
As for WWDC, you do realise that's a conference for all Apple development not just the iPhone - which will have more developer activity because it has no applications whereas S60 has all the useful ones already written - right? So, in other words, S60 has its best of breed applications and doesn't need the same development community.]]>Jun 16th 2008 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/S60 5th edition will be next.]]>Jun 16th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/read my comment after yours.. I'm starting to wonder if there WILL be a T-Mobile-USA version...
]]>Jun 16th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/read my comment after yours.. I'm starting to wonder if there WILL be a T-Mobile-USA version...
]]>Jun 16th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Hm. The E71-3 was, according to FCC filings, supposed to be T-Mobile-USA 3G wasn't it? The frequencies listed by Nokia are:

# E71-1 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100 HSDPA
# E71-2 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900 HSDPA
# E71-3 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100 HSDPA

The E71-1 is clearly European/Asian based.
The E71-2 is clearly AT&T based.
WTF on the E71-3?? Is that supposed to say:

# E71-3 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 1700/2100 HSDPA

And they just made a typo, or what?
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Oops forgot we are dealing with Nokia here, maybe we can expect that in the 2010 model. ]]>Jun 16th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Below of keyboard: I for one can't stand Querty-phones with keys going to the very edge. Makes it impossible to hold them and type with both thumbs.]]>Jun 16th 2008 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2008/r2008021.htm]]>Jun 16th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
It sucks.

Oh well, I'm getting a Sony Xperia when it comes out.
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Unfortunately their ActiveSync implementation left a lot to be desired.

Nokia needs to kick up their application development program big time if they want to keep up with the iPhone...
]]>Jun 16th 2008 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/
So when ATT has called saying I am eligible for an upgrade I say no thanks. I will say that IF they carry this phone I would be tempted to upgrade based on the strong performance of the E62.]]>Jun 16th 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 16th 2008 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 17th 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/nokia-e71-confirmed-and-oh-so-slim/Jun 19th 2008 10:30PM